nobody likes Sakura. Heck, I hope that Naruto marries Hinata in the end. But I honestly wouldn't mind her being at the final fight IF she knows Slug Sage techniques OR she quickly learned that revive jutsu (that the old woman used on Gaara) to save Naruto's life. Cliched but doable.

About Sharingan eyes, there have been so many different designs, that it sorta makes me think that every Uchiha has their own Mangekyo Sharingan design (like their own fingerprint). So I think Rikudo Sennin's elder son's eyes are his alone.

haha so you're just taking personal preference because you don't like slugs As you have most likely noticed, there have been connections to Japanese folklore in the manga and there is a connection between the three Sanin.

About Oro, that could be true. If you recall the fight with Naruto, half of his body was a snake as he slithered here and there. But when it comes to Tsunade, I honestly think she's going to die from healing the other four Kages. If she does (miraculously) survive, then it will take Slug Sage powers to heal her torn body. I mean we've seen Tsuande's giant slug separate into many miniature slugs, maybe she can do something similar to pull herself back together.

I don't know about crows and dragons, but I have heard about hawks and snakes (now the snake wanted to become a dragon and fly, so the hawk granted it's wish ). But I agree in the fact that I want Sasuke to be different to Madara in the fact that he (Madara) has already created the perfect form of Susanoo. Considering Oro is alive, maybe he has an idea on how to power up Sasuke.

What does AFAIK mean? And there never was any mention of Snake Sage powers before Kabuto mentioned it, so I don't see why there can't be Slug Sage powers. Honestly I just assumed that both Oro and Tsunade also had sage powers after Jiraiya revealed his (which made me a little hopeful to see Sasuke and Sakura to have sage powers as well). I know Kishimoto doesn't really give female ninjas that much notoriety, but if Sakura does have some kind of grasp of Slug Sage powers (Tsunade is going to die), this is the time to show it. It will be Team 7's reunion.

I believe the Humid Bone Forest is for the slug sage.

The way I saw it, Madara said that because he's an old wise man and he knows that history repeats itself in similar situations.

Me neither, I just find it another reason why Kishimoto is making the Sharingan that much closer to the Rinnigan power.

I'm not against him having Hawk Sage powers, it's just, it feels so out of the blue! He's been training with Orochimaru for 3 years, and hasn't become a Snake Sage, so I don't think he'd reach "Hawk Sage" in such a short amount of time between leaving Oro and fighting Danzo.

If Nagato could revive Jiraiya, his body is still at the bottom of the sea. If it has to do with recent deaths, I suppose it has to also depend on the corpse being in a relatively good state.

I think that Madara said that because he knew Obito wouldn't like what he saw. It's pretty obvious that the white zetsus keep him very informed of what's happening in the world. I think that Kakashi is being controlled, but he's crying because he can still react (sorta like how Shikamaru can control someone else's body, but the person can still talk/look around).

I don't think it had to do with the Zetsus. The pain was coming from his left eye socket. The way I see it, Obito has the upper hand at fighting Kakashi if he opens his eye.

I just find it a little unbelievable that Kakashi can take down multiple Mist Jonin & ANBU while also protecting Rin.

I'll be honest and say that I was expecting Sasuke to have Snake Sage powers instead of Kabuto. But hey, at least I got to see it. As awesome as hawk sage powers would be, it would just seem so random.

I don't think the Rinne Tensei is just limited to recently deceased people. Even if he purposefully gave his Rinnigan eyes to Nagato, I don't think anybody would have been able to revive anyone after so short of time has passed. Just like how when Obito implanted his Rinnigan eye, why didn't he just revive Madara using the Rinne Tensei?